MALICIOUS
140
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
T1204.002 Malicious File
T1059.005 Visual Basic
The sample is an RTF document containing OLE object data, specifically triggering the CVE-2017-11882 Equation Editor vulnerability. The document body contains a lure instructing the user to 'enable editing', a common tactic to bypass macro security. The embedded OLE object is likely designed to execute a second-stage payload upon activation.
Heuristics 4
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CVE-2017-11882 — Equation Editor FONT record overflow critical CVE likely CVE_2017_11882Equation Editor MTEF contains an overlong FONT typeface field, the vulnerable copy primitive for CVE-2017-11882. This is stronger evidence than the Equation Editor CLSID alone because it identifies the malformed record that drives code execution in EQNEDT32.EXE.
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\objupdate forces OLE activation high RTF_OBJUPDATERTF contains \objupdate — forces automatic OLE object instantiation when the document is opened, bypassing user interaction. Almost exclusively seen in Equation Editor exploit documents.
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OLE object data medium RTF_OBJDATARTF contains 2 \objdata section(s) — embedded OLE objects
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Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LUREDocument instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
objdata_00_off00000a43.bin78b0b5746f7cb09fad060267e0df2dea157a5d142a5d4953598e15245bb6144f |
rtf-objdata-decoded | RTF \objdata at offset 0xA43 | 3776 bytes |
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